Albania: Cumulative pressure on media freedom and civic space demands urgent action
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom

 

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is a non-profit organisation that was founded in Leipzig, Germany, 2015. It operates on the basis of  the European Charter on Freedom of the Press and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

The vision of the Centre is a society where media freedom enables open discourse and everyone can seek, receive and impart information.

ECPMF’s mission is to promote, preserve and defend media freedom. We do this by monitoring violations, providing practical support and engaging diverse stakeholders across Europe.

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News

Serbia: A dangerous spiral of violence against journalists

Record levels of physical violence against journalists, death threats and online smear campaigns, entrenched impunity, and tight political control over the media landscape – media freedom in Serbia is in a deepening crisis with a rapidly closing window for independent journalism to operate.

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Türkiye: Media freedom groups demand release of journalists detained ahead of NATO Summit

ECPMF is joined by 26 other organisations representing media freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations in expressing profound alarm at the recent wave of detentions and arrests of journalists and civil society representatives in Türkiye in the immediate lead-up to the NATO Summit in Ankara on 7-8 July.

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Das Reformpaket der Bundesregierung höhlt das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz aus und greift die Pressefreiheit an

Das ECPMF kritisiert die geplante Reform des Informationsfreiheitsgesetzes (IFG). Die Änderungen gefährden Pressefreiheit, Transparenz und den Zugang zu staatlichen Informationen.

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Poland: MFRR welcomes passing of Anti-SLAPP Act as victory for media freedom

The passing of a law by the President of Poland which will establish stronger safeguards against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) is a long-awaited victory for media freedom which will provide important legal protections for public interest journalism, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) said today.

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Projects and Programmes

IJ4EU: Funding cross-border investigative journalism in Europe.
Media Freedom Rapid Response: Supporting and protecting journalists and media workers in EU Member States and Candidate Countries.
Opportunities for Journalists in Exile in Germany
Voices of Ukraine - Support programme to strengthening the resilience of independent media in Ukraine